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It was on March 28 1881 that the Rongotea School was first opened by its headmaster F Whitecombe. It was known as the Campbelltown School, the name being subsequently changed to Rongotea. On the opening day, the roll umber 11. A year later there were 58 pupils. The land for the school was cleared by W Hunt (two acres in all) and his son Warren, who was the first pupil enrolled at the school.

Identification

Object type
Image
Digitisation ID
2014P_Sc96_007721
Title
Rongotea School
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Sc 96
Held In
Coolstore

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Creation

Created By
Place
Rongotea
Date
circa 1909

Object rights

Credit Line
Palmerston North City Library

Taxonomy

Tags
class photo,
primary education,
rongotea,
rural school,
schools,
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